Osayi-Samuel signs three-year deal with Birmingham City joining from Fernebahce on a free transfer

SUPER Eagles fullback Bright Osayi-Samuel has signed a three year contract with English Championship side Birmingham City that sees him join from Turkish side Fernebahce on a free transfer ahead of the 2025/26 season.

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Given that Nigeria's primary problem is low productivity, I expect this new ADC coalition to announce over the next week that they have set the following targets for 2035

Ayo Akinfe

[1] By 2035, Nollywood must match the £1.3bn annual revenue that India's Bollywood generates and also match the 3.6bn tickets it sells worldwide

[2] By 2035, Nigeria must have at least two aircraft carriers so she can effectively police her maritime and land borders and deploy her aircraft anywhere in the world

[3] By 2035, Nigeria must account for at least 20% of global pharmaceutical goods production

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Buhari in the UK since April receiving medical treatment amid fears his health is deteriorating

FORMER Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari is receiving emergency medical treatment in the UK after falling ill to a point whereby the deterioration in his health led to him being flown abroad for urgent attention.

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If this new ADC coalition wants Nigerians to take it seriously, it should publish a policy document which looks something like this with a promise to implement all these ideas within four years if elected

Ayo Akinfe

[1] With effect from October 1 2025, we will begin the process of dismantling the federal allocation regime and begin the process of returning to the agreement reached at the 1958 London Constitutional Conference. Resource distribution will end up looking like this by 2050: States - 50%, federal government - 20%, geo-political zone - 15%, common fund - 15%

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Newly-promoted English Premier League side now turn their attention to Tolu Arokodare

SUPER Eagles striker Tolu Arokodare has become the latest target of newly-promoted English Premier League club Burnley as the Lancashire team is desperately looking to sign him from Belgian side Racing Genk before the start of the new season.

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We need the presidency to adopt a guideline which makes it compulsory for Nigeria's president to take our leading pastorpreneurs with him whenever he is going on an international trip in search of foreign direct investment

Ayo Akinfe

[1] President Tinubu is currently in the Americas looking for foreign direct investment (FDI). From what I can see, he is hoping to attract finance capital from St Lucia and then get industrial investment from Brazil. I just hope he does not come back empty-handed

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Kenyan high court fines Nigerian government 10m shillings for abducting Nnamdi Kanu

NIGERIA has been adjudged to have breached Kenya's sovereignty by abducting Indigenous People of Biafra (Ipob) leader Nnamdi Kanu from Nairobi in 2021 and has been fined 10m Kenyan shillings ($77,000) for the offence.

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Obi says he will run for president in 2027 dismissing suggestions he will stand as Atiku's running mate

FORMER Anambra State governor Peter Obi has lit up the Nigerian political environment by declaring that he will be a presidential candidate again in 2027 and will even be willing to serve for just a single team as part of a coalition deal.

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No matter how much I wrack my brains over this matter, I keep coming back to the conclusion that what we desperately need is an Aso Rock Policy Unit created to deal with the menace of low productivity

Ayo Akinfe

[1] We can argue about Nigeria's problems until kingdom but the fact remains that we are simply not productive enough. That is the root cause of all our problems as a nation and nowhere is more manifest than in the fact that manufacturing only accounts for about 7% of gross domestic product (GDP)

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